"No two people see the external world in exactly the same way. To every separate person a thing is what he thinks it is -- in other words, not a thing, but a think." - Penelope Fitzgerald

Mar 30, 2015

GOP, Fox News & NRA Have Been Pushing Limitless Guns (& No Background Checks) For A Long Time, Is It Really A Surprise That Some Get Used On Spring Break

Just saw Hannity talking about how there was s hooting on spring break on some beach. The lady on screen assures him that they want to block guns during spring break. I thought I should point out that Fox News & the NRA are, no doubt, connected to that shooting as they are to many others (such as the Newtown shooter).

Basically, what the newWayne La Pierre wants is the ability for anyone to buy guns anytime. Kinda like the easy availability of arms in Libya or Fast & Furious but for Americans. In other words, the new background checks are such that a dog could buy a gun.

VIDEO HIGHLIGHT - Caught Red Handed Lying: Eric Bolling says 'who's the jackass who blamed gun violence on video games' and turns out he was talking about himself. (Reminds me of the hypocrisy I have to deal with whenever I watch Fox News - which is rare - too bad I don't have a Pastor who can watch it and distill it down to something I can feel comfortable with!)

It occurred to me that one of the reasons the GOP (& it's media wing Fox News) might be opposing background checks is because background checks would make it difficult for white supremacist ex-cons to get guns.Why? The logic goes like this:

Quotes

"Make peace with the universe. Take joy in it. It will turn to gold. Resurrection will be now. Every moment, a new beauty." - Rumi

"God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that." - Joseph Campbell

"Naturally, every age thinks that all ages before it were prejudiced, and today we think this more than ever and are just as wrong as all previous ages that thought so. How often have we not seen the truth condemned! It is sad but unfortunately true that man learns nothing from history." - Carl Jung

"Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated. I was in hopes that the enlightened and liberal policy, which has marked the present age, would at least have reconciled Christians of every denomination so far that we should never again see the religious disputes carried to such a pitch as to endanger the peace of society." - George Washington

“If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.” - Dalai Lama

“Be empty of worrying. Think of who created thought! Why do you stay in prison. When the door is so wide open?” ― Rumi